Horse-collar fastener



(No Model.)

BJM. JOHNSON.

HORSE GOLLARPASTENER.

No. 357,831. Patented Feb. 15, 71887.

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BERNT M. JOHNSON, OF RACINE, W'ISCONSIN.

HORSE-COLLAR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,831, dated February 15, 1887.

Application filed November 6, 18 86.

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNT M. JoHNsoN, of Racine, inthe county of Racine, and in the State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collar Fasteners; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to fasteners for horsecollars and 'hames; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction, as will be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective View of the sections that form my fast ener, showing the same disunited; Fig. 2, a perspective view of one of the sections with the latclrplate removed; Fig. 3, an under side view of the latch-plate, and Fig. 4 a vertical transverse section of the parts in their united position.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A. B

represent two metallic sections that are designed to be respectively secured in any suitable manner to the lower ends of horse-collar sections and constitute a fastening therefor.

The section A of my fastener has its face provided with an opening, a, and an ear, I), the latter being rounded at its end and cut away at c to engage a latch-plate, O, pivotally connected to said face. In order that the latch-plate 0 maybe flush with the face of the fastener-section A, I offset this face and seat said latcl1-platetherein. The point marked d on the flange 6, formed by offsetting the fastener-section A, serves as a stop to limit the movement of the latch-plate.

A spring, D, is arranged on a stud, f, in the offset part of the fastener-section A, and fits the respective recesses g h in said section and under side of the latch-plate. The spring D exerts its force to cause an automatic return of the latch-plate to its normal position when the same has been lifted by its thumb-piece i to disunite the sections, and also after this latch-plate has been automatically raised during the operation of coupling said sections, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

The section B of the fastener has its face pro vided with an opening, a, and an ear, 2), these parts being oppositely arranged with relation Serial No. 218,126. (No model.)

Fig. 2, and then bent to meet one another, as

illustrated in Fig. l. i

In the operation of my invention, when the fastener-sections are brought together, the ear on the face of one passes through the opening in the face of the other, and, as the latch-plate G in its normal position partially closes the opening a in the section A, the rounded end of the ear 1) serves to automatically raise this plate to allow said ear to enter this last-named opening. when the faces of the sections come flush together, the spring D will automatically actuate the latch-plate to come into the cutaway portions of the ears I) I), thus forming a lock to hold said sections in their united position. 1

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A fastener for horse-collars, consisting of two suitable metallic sections having their faces provided with oppositely-arranged open ings and ears, the latter being cut away to form seats, and a latch-plate pivotally connected to one of the sections to engage the seats in the ears, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A fastener for horse-collars, consisting of two suitable metallic sections having their faces provided with oppositely-arranged openings and ears, the latter being cut away to form seats, a latch-plate pivotally connected to one of the sections to engage the seats in theears, and a spring arranged to hold said latch-plate in its normal position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A fastener for horse-collars, consisting of two suitable metallic sections having their faces provided wit-h oppositely-arranged openin gs and ears, the latter being cut away to form seats, one of the sections having its face offset, a latch-plate pivoted in the offset to be flush with the non-offset portion of said face and engage the seats in the ears, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4:. A fastener for horse-collars, consisting of two suitable metallic sections having their faces provided with oppositely-arranged openings and ears, the latter being cutaway to form seats, a latch-plate pivotally connected to one of the sections to engage the seats in the ears, and a stop to limit the movement of the latchplate.

5. A fastener for horse-co1lars, consisting of two suitable metallic sections, means, substantiall y as described, for coupling these sections, and one thereof provided With a staple that I 5 consists of two straight metallic pieces cast with this latter section and bent to meet one another, as and for the purpose set forth.

- In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Racine, in the 20 county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, in the presence of two Witnesses.

, BERNT M. JOHNSON. WVitncsses:

A. O. JUDD, ADAM KoMEs. 

